Can you imagine the harrowing history module future GCSE students will have to study all about 2020? If you told me 12 months ago that Brexit wouldn’t be the major story of the year I would’ve been relieved. But the leave/remain headlines were replaced with protests and pandemics, cancelled concerts and Christmas, natural disasters, the... Continue Reading →
24 Days of Whiskey & Country
In a year when so many of my Christmas traditions can't be enjoyed (I'll not be home for Christmas) I have been able to start a delicious new one. In a stroke of genius, the Non-Country-Fan Boyfriend got me a Bourbon and American Whiskey advent Calendar. I suspect he thought this was a clever way... Continue Reading →
5 Ways for a Country Christmas in the UK
Blame it on the Hallmark movies. You know the ones. A Christmas-hating big city person gets stranded in small-town America for some reason (business trip / snow storm / mischievous ghost). Over about 90 minutes they rediscover the joy of Christmas, largely thanks to falling in love with a wholesome but hot local (carpenter /... Continue Reading →